Tuesday, September 11, 2012

has conducted a survey on the
theme” whether salary be paid to Indian Housewives by the husbands for the work
done and services rendered by them to their:

Husbands,

Children,

Grand-Children and

In-Laws and

Other Relatives/Guests etc.

The WCD
Ministry, triggered by some NGO’s interested in Socio-Economic Empowerment of Women in
India,. has started the process of:

Taking a
Survey,

Having Discussions with the Ministers of
Different States,

Taking Steps to prepare a Draft Bill and

Passing the Bill as a Law.

As and if
the proposal for providing salary for the housewives is implemented, the
husbands will have to

pay a
certain portion from their salaries/incomes to be credited to separate bank
accounts of the wives.

The salary
received by the housewives is supposed to be spent on better food, facilities,
education, recreation and the overall quality of standard of living of the
entire household.

According to
the WCD Ministry, in spite of the Indian housewives doing very valuable and difficult works for
themselves, their husbands,children and
other members of the families, the value of their works go unaccounted and the
same is not taken into account while assessing the GDP of the country.

At the
outset, it appears that Indian women will welcome the ‘theme’ of getting salary
for being housewives.

However, the
‘theme’ will change the real love, affection and the basic relation between the
husband and wife, perhaps bringing in a employer-employee relationship.

Instead of
making the law to provide for the ‘salary’ to the housewife, some other schemes
may be introduced such as statutory-minimum/compulsory life-insurance, medical
insurance, investments etc. for the housewives and children.

The
Survey/discussions on the ‘theme’ should have come across many cases of
unemployed/under-employed husbands of employed wives looking after the
home-affairs.

Will such
“house-husbands’ also get salary from their wives?

Though the
‘theme’ appears to be for the benefit of housewives, the outcome will be
bringing disgrace to the institution of the sacred marriages in India.

Men will be discouraged to get married and divorces will be increased as an impact of such a 'theme'.

Let us hope
that the WCD Ministry will ensure equality of men and women in the employments,
salary etc. in India in both public and private sectors.